Three ICs work the E-Lead job at Proctor yard on Black Friday afternoon.
With sunset coming ever closer, a couple of EMDs pulling 94 cars of ore now has a fresh crew on board and away they go.
A pair of IC SD40-3s are in charge of their train moving iron bearing rock from the mine to the plant.
Triple black ICs working the E-lead job at Proctor yard on black Friday.
Empties out of Proctor yard head for U.S. Steel to load taconite pellets.
A trio of EMDs hustle South with a taconite load out of the Fairlane Processing Facility.
IC 6251 leads a taconite train out of the Fairlane Processing Facility.
IC 6251 leans into the curve at Saginaw.
IC 6251 leads a taconite train South on the CN Missabe Sub.
IC 6251 leads a taconite train around a curve at Culver.
IC 6251 leads a loaded taconite train South over the Whiteface River.
A trio of SD40 variants lead a taconite load South on the CN Missabe Sub.
Heading north along the CN Missabe Sub to load taconite pellets at the Cleveland-Cliffs owned United Taconite plant.
With 35mins left of sunlight, IC 6251 takes a quartet of SD40 products out of Burnett with limestone loads.
After being shopped for two weeks, to our surprise, we see IC 6251 shove a limestone set underneath I-35. After getting signals, we race up the line to watch the quartet of SD40s crawl uphill in s... (more)